The Happy Heart Family

Mr. and Mrs. Heart

Faith, Hope and Love

I would like to introduce you to the Heart family, who love each other very much.  They live in a peaceful garden among many beautiful, colorful flowers and butterflies that visit their garden in the Springtime.

Mr. and Mrs. Heart loved each other very much and were very proud of their three little girls, Faith, Hope and Love.   The three little girls loved their mommy and daddy and always wanted to

obey them. Every day their daddy would remind them how important it was to keep the garden safe by their obedience.


In the morning before daddy left for work he would remind his girls, " Faith, you will have faith as long as you obey me but when you don;t you will become fearful."  "Hope, as long as you obey me you will have hope, but when you don't you will begin to doubt."  "Love, oh please always obey me because if you don't I will lose you in unbelief and you will want to leave the Garden."


Daddy had only one very important RULE, and it was that the girls were never to let any one into the Garden without his permission. Their safety depended on their obedience. Faith, Hope and Love played happily in the Garden every day without any arguments.They knew how to share their toys and to speak kindly to each other


One morning Hope  was up before her sisters and went out into the Garden for a walk, when she heard a knock at the Garden gate. "Who is it," she asked.  "It is a friend of your father and I have a message for him."


"But I can't let you in." said Hope.  But then Doubt replied,"Little Hope, your father knows me, He just didn't tell you I was stopping by." Hope began to doubt. She thought it really couldn't hurt anything  He says he is a friend of her daddy's, so Hope opened the gate to the garden and let in Mr. Doubt.


When Faith saw what Hope had done she said,"Now look what you did Hope,  You have let doubt into the Garden.  Now what are we going to do?"

Hope was so sad . She hung her head in shame.  Mr. Doubt went over to the gate to let in his other two friends, Mr. Fear and Mr Unbelief.
Faith and Love raced over and quickly shut the gate. "Oh no you don't Mr. Doubt.  You have to leave right now. "  Daddy heard the girls shouting and immediately went to see what was the matter.

 When he saw that it was Mr. Doubt he didn't waste any time. He confronted Mr.Doubt face to face and he melted like ice in hot water.  He was NO MORE. 

Mr. Heart called his girls together to talk with them. "Faith and Love you did well not letting fear and unbelief into the Garden, but Hope, I am afraid I can't leave you alone without Faith and Love. ever again.We need you Hope in our family to be faithful and obedient because as you grow up your two sisters Faith and Love will need your strength."  Daddy hugged Hope as she humbly responded,"Yes, daddy I will never open the gate again without your permission."   Faith, Hope and Love grew to be very wise and together they kept Fear, Doubt and Unbelief out of the Garden all the days of their lives..

The Lost Opportunity

My name is Emma Marie and I would like to tell you a story that  happened to me the other day. It was right after breakfast when I was all through my chores, and my mother said that I could go out and join my brothers playing in the sand box.  It was a big deal for me as long as I promised  NOT to mess up their roads and bridges that they had worked so hard to build.  I had to be VERY careful walking around in the sand or I was OUT of there. You see, my brothers had built a replica of our town with its two major highways, railroad tracks,  town municipal buildings,  three churches, a fire house, a gas station, a garage, a grocery store, the library and two schools. Believe me, they guarded their work diligently.

In the meantime, my mother was in the house and had decided to clean out her jewelry case. If I had known what she was going to do,  I would have been right there with her. I loved her jewelry.  She had many beautiful rings, necklaces and bracelets and I liked trying them all on. My mother had promised me that one day, she would surprise me and give to me one of her very special rings. There was one small ring in particular that just fitted my finger and oh how much I wanted it!


In middle of the morning, my mother called to me and said, "Emma, please come here right now!"  I was having such a great time playing with my brothers I didn't want to leave, so I pretended that I didn't hear her. Have you ever done a thing like that?  My mother called again and I still didn't obey her.  I continued ignoring her and  kept playing.

Later, when I went in for lunch, I  thought she was going to correct me, but instead she told me to go upstairs and wait in her bedroom. When she came upstairs, I didn't know what to expect. I just sat quietly as she went over to the jewelry box, opened it and took out the very ring I wanted so badly.  The anticipation that this might be the time she was going to give me the ring really excited me.  She held the ring in the palm of her hand and said,""Emma Marie, this morning when I called you to come to me, I wanted so much to give you this ring today, but when you  didn't come , I decided that you were still too young and not responsible enough to care for it, so I am going to keep it a little while longer."

I felt so bad. I started to cry, " Please mommy, can't I please have it?  She meant what she said and sent me to my room to think about it.  There is only one thing that I thought about for all the time that I was in my room.  I had lost a great opportunity to have the ring I always wanted, because I didn't listen and obey my mother.  I hope this never happens to you

Foiled Again!

 Ribbit the rabbit was sound asleep when his mother woke him up "Up and at em" Ribbit, It is a beautiful day and I need you to go out in the meadow and pick for us some clover."  "Gee, Mom," groaned Ribbit, "Do I have to.  I am so tired. Can't I sleep in this morning?" answered Ribbit. "Not this morning, Ribbit, Your body needs exercise as well as sleep." his mother seriously replied.  " Don't forget to start your day,son!" his mother added.


Ribbit knew exactly what he had to do when he got up in the morning: make his bed, fold his pajamas and put them under his pillow, wash his whiskers, of course wash behind his ears, and brush his teeth.  Ribbit had learned ever since he was a small bunny to start his day cheerfully without complaint.




After breakfast, Ribbit took his tin bucket and headed out to the clover patch. The clover blossoms were   so  huge,delicious and very tempting.  Ribbit just couldn't resist sitting down and eating a few.  He didn't get too many in his mouth,when he felt that someone was watching him.  He looked around and didn't see anyone, when he heard a big , "Achoo, Achoo!!" Who was that sneezing? Oh, no, it is Reddy the fox.  He was hiding behind a tree watching for his opportunity to attack Ribbit. Reddy's sneeze was just enough warning  for Ribbit to drop his bucket and run for his life. At first he didn't know where to run.  Reddy was fast on his tail.  Then he remembered what his father had taught him, " if ever in danger.  "QUICKLY RUN FOR A BRIAR PATCH OR A GROUNDHOG HOLE!!!!"  The groundhog hole was the closest, so Ribbit quickly disappeared into the hole just in the nick of time. Reddy disgusted and mad at Ribbit yelled down the hole, "You think you are pretty smart Ribbit, but you have to come out of the hole sometime today and I can wait!."


Ribbit's little legs were trembling and shaking with fear.  He was a scared and frightened.little bunny. Ribbit thought to  himself, "Reddy was right, I don't have a chance. I will be rabbit stew by tonight!! He began to cry, tears flowing down his furry cheeks. "No more clover, no more blueberries, no more strawberries, no more ....." What was that sound?  It sounded like somebody was digging.  Could Reddy be ....digging...?  No, it wasn't Reddy at all.  It was Mr.Groundhog, who had dug a hole from the other end to rescue Ribbit..  Ribbits father had called Mr.Groundhog for help to dig Ribbit out. He knew that his son would obey his instructions to find a briar patch or a groundhog hole.  Fortunately, there was only one groundhog hole near the clover patch.where Ribbit could be  trapped. Ribbit's rescue was a success and he was safely home . Reddy sat by the groundhog hole waiting for Ribbit , until he realized that he was FOILED AGAIN.!!

The Little Red Fox

This is a story how a little red fox who became friends with the bunnies. Little Red was a little fox about four years old, who lived in the Green Forest. One day when he was playing outside in the back yard, he wandered too far away from his den and was lost in the Green meadow. His mommy and daddy had told him many times not to ever go out of his yard, but Little Red forgot. He wandered so far away from his den that he could not find his way back home. His mommy and daddy looked for him everywhere, but they could not find him. It was getting late and Little Red was cold and very much afraid. He curled up under a bush to keep warm. His little body was trembling with fear. The 'animal alert' for little Red went out through the Green Forest, but no one could find him. Mommy and daddy were very sad and hardly could sleep that night, thinking of their Little Red out in the cold, dark Green Forest.

Late afternoon that same day two little bunnies Muff and Fluff had just finished picking blueberries from their dinner and were heading home, when they heard crying in the bushes. "I want my mommy, I want my daddy," sobbed Little Red . Muff and Fluff when over to the bush and bent down to see who was crying. "Why it is a little fox,", said Fluff. "Do you think he knows who we are?' Trying to coach him out they asked him" what is your name? and where do you live?" With tears running down his little furry face, he answered, "I'm lost, I don't know where I live." "Well, said Muff, "you can come home with us for the night." Our mother is a great cook. She makes the sweetest blueberry muffins you could ever eat. said Muff. It didn't sound much like fox food, but "Little Red's" hunger pangs didn't care; food was food!

That night Little Red slept in the briar patch curled up, nice and warm with the bunnies. When he woke up in the morning, Little Fox had forgot where he was. "I want my mommy. I want my daddy", he started to cry. Muff and Fluff tried to comfort him. "You will be all right Little Red, we will find your mommy and daddy. Don't be afraid." said Muff.

After breakfast, Muff and Fluff took little Red to see old Mrs .Owl, who lived in the hollow of an old oak tree. She had been awake all night watching over the Green Forest for any trouble and was just about ready to go to bed for the day when the two bunnies and Little Red arrived at her tree house. Muff spoke first

"Mrs. Owl, we found "Little Red" fox under a bush yesterday. Do you think you can help us? With one eye half shut, Mrs.Owl said, "Well, if there is already an alert out for Little Red,the least I can do is to fly over the Green Forest announcing ' A little red fox has been found. Please come to the old oak tree before I go to sleep." Ole Mrs.Owl flew off through out the Green Forest hooting to all the creatures.

The forest was abuzz with the hot news of the missing little fox. Little Red's mommy and daddy were up early that morning, when they heard Mrs.Owl flying over their den. "Did you hear that? Little Red has been found and is being kept at Mrs. Owl tree house. Let's go at once and get our son.." With great excitement, the mommy and daddy fox ran as fast as they could to the old oak tree.

Muff and Fluff were old enough to know that foxes and bunnies were not friends. Little Red was too young to understand that foxes hunted bunnies to eat. "We better disappear quickly before his mother and father show up or we will be their supper." The little bunnies ran off, leaving little Red to wait for his mommy and daddy. Mrs. Owl returned to wait with Little Red. When Little Red saw his mommy and daddy coming down the path, he ran to meet them . They snuggled together for a long time before Little Red told them about the bunnies. "Daddy, said Little Red , the bunnies found me crying under a bush and took me to their home for the night. The bunnies were very kind to me and they are my friends. "Friends!' said daddy fretfully wondering how he was going to tell his son that foxes eat bunnies! His father never did tell his son that foxes eat bunnies for dinner.He just couldn't broke Little Red's heart. When he grew up and realized that foxes did eat bunnies, he became to greatest bunny protector in the whole Green Forest. He kept all the other foxes away from the bunnies, even when the foxes called him names. Little Red loved the bunnies and was always grateful for the kindness they showed when he was so young to give him a bed for the night..




Boys and girls, Mom mom wants you all to remember to always stay in your own yard,when you are out playing. You never want to wander off and get lost like Little Red did .

Fluff's Beautiful Ears

Fluff was an adorable, white fluffy bunny, who lived with her mommy and daddy in the hollow of an old apple tree. Every day she would get up in the morning, and she would look into the mirror admiring her long, beautiful bunny ears.  Fluff took very good care of her very special ears.She always made sure they were clean, even if her face was dirty. The other little girl bunnies had beautiful long ears too, but Fluff's were extra long, until one morning when she looked into the mirror, she noticed that her ears were getting shorter and shorter. "Mommy," she cried 'my ears are getting shorter and shorter. What is the matter?"  Her older sister's ears were still growing.  How can this be? ' she questioned.  For some reason, only Fluff's ears had stopped growing.

Every morning, Fluff would look into the mirror to see if her ears were growing., but they weren't.
They were just getting shorter and shorter.  By now all the other bunnies were noticing Fluff's short ears. What was she going to do?  "I know,' she thought, 'I will stretch them out.'  So she took her paws and started to pull on her ears. It didn't work.  Her ears didn't change.  Her mommy had told her  'Fluff, if you don't eat your dinner, your ears will get even shorter."  Fluff  didn't want to listen or obey her mother.

As the weeks went by, that was exactly what started to happen. Mommy would prepare a meal for the whole family, but  Fluff would just sit there and not eat.  She only wanted to eat what she wanted to eat, not what her mommy said would help her ears to grow.  Because she didn't listen to her mommy or daddy her ears became shorter, and shorter and shorter.  All the other bunny ears, in the green forest, were growing faster and much prettier.than hers.  Fluff didn't like that.,  She wanted her long, beautiful ears back again.           

One night Fluff dreamed that her dinner plate was completely empty. Everyone else was eating, but she didn't want to. Then, a knock came to the door and Mommy answered it.  It was Hopper, Fluff's best friend. "Hi Hopper. What can I do for you? asked mommy.  "I am very hungry.  My mommy is sick and daddy can't cook.  Can I eat with you?" asked Hopper.  "Why, of course you can.  Fluffy doesn't like to eat any more, so you can eat her dinner." answered mommy.  "Thank you so much, because if I don't eat, my ears will get shorter and shorter, and will look like Fluff's ears."responded Hopper graciously. Fluff suddenly woke up from her dream.  "My ears, my ears, 'it's all my fault.  I don't want to eat and my ears will not grow.   I am going to start eating more than my sister. Fluff, quickly got up from bed, brushed her teeth and stubby ears, and raced down stairs to eat her breakfast.

From then now, there was never an empty plate in front of  Fluff.  In fact, Fluff, began to eat twice as much food as her older sister.  She had discovered an important lesson.  If she didn't  eat, she would never have beautiful, long floppy ears again.  Within a very short time Fluff's ears once again grew to be the longest, floppiest, bunny ears in the whole green forest.  Fluff was often asked how she grew back her beautiful ears. She would politely answer..."I just had to decide to eat and believe the God, who creates little bunnies, tells my mommy what was good for me.."  Fluff shook her beautiful long, floppy ears and hopped down the bunny trail to find Hopper, her best friend.  When  Hopper saw fluff, she was so excited.. "Why Fluff, your ears are beautiful again..  Let's go and show all the bunnies in the green forest your beautiful, long floppy ears."  So that is the story of Fluff, the little bunny who wouldn't eat.  I am so happy that all my little friends eat their Dinners.                                         

Herman's Long Beautiful Tail

Herman was a little field mouse, who lived next door to Freddi and Harry down in the green meadow. When they went out to play together in the green meadow, they were always on their guard for the  BIG BLACK CAT. They never knew where or when he would show up. Freddie and Harry,  wore whistles around their necks, just  in case they got in trouble.  If ever there was a problem, all they had to do was to blow their whistles loud and long. Herman was too proud to wear a whistle.  He thought he could take care of himself.

The father of  Freddie and Harry was the police chief of the green meadow police department, and for years he had kept the green meadow safe from any invasion. In fact, Freddie, Harry, and Herman had to attend all the safety classes before they were allowed to play in the meadow.

Herman was about to learn a very hard lesson. You see, Herman, had the longest tail of all the mice in the whole green forest and he thought he was better than anyone else. He thought his tail made him the fastest runner in the green meadow. Why, sometimes he thought that he was flying.

One afternoon while the boys were out in the meadow playing, the BIG BLACK CAT was lurking in the tall meadow grass, keeping an eye on the boys.  Freddie saw him crouched down watching them, waiting to make his first move. He quickly reached for his whistle and started to blow it loud and long.to warn all the mice in  the meadow.  Herman laughed.  He didn't believe Freddie. Because he didn't see the BIG BLACK CAT,  he ignored the warning and continued to play. Freddi and Harry tried to convince Herman that he had better leave, but Herman wouldn't listen. So, Freddi and Harry obeyed their instruction and left for home.

THE BIG BLACK cat was delighted that Herman didn't listen.  Now he had his chance to corner Herman for himself.  Herman wasn't paying much attention, when suddenly he saw the BIG BLACK CAT spring up out of the tall meadow grass and run toward him.. Immediately, Herman started to run for his house. Just before he reached his home,The BIG BLACK CAT caught Herman by his tail and bit it completely off.  Herman kept running. He didn't even know what had happened. He ran into his house, up stairs and hid under his bed.  Herman was so scared, he was shaking all over. "Why didn't I listen?" he cried to himself. Then he noticed that his tail was gone. "What happened to my long beautiful tail? cried Herman. He was so proud of his long beautiful tail, but it wasn't long any more!

His mother was calling him for supper. " Herman, please come down for supper." she asked politely.  Herman ignored her. Finally, his mother came up stairs looking for Herman.  "I saw you running into the house. Don't you try to hide from me", his mother said.  Herman moving under his bed gave him away.  His mother knew that he was under the bed. "Herman', she said, 'why are you hiding under the bed?"  Slowly, Herman, crawled out from under his bed and faced his mother. "What ever happened to your tail, Herman?" exclaimed his mother.  She was shocked.  Herman was embarrassed to even go down for dinner. "Mother, why can't I eat in my bedroom tonight?" asked Herman hopefully. "No Herman, you have a lot of explaining to do for your father. Now you dry your tears and come down now," answered mother sharply.

At the dinner table that night Herman didn't eat very much.  He wasn't very hungry. It was hard to sit in his chair without his long tail. He missed curling it up under him to sit closer to the table.  His father's expression was very grave.  "How many times, Herman, have you been warned about the dangers in the green meadow? Because you disobeyed, you will have to go to bed early and stay out of green meadow until you have attend the safety classes again." his father told him. Herman agreed that he was wrong and asked forgiveness from his mother and father, but there was still one BIG question. "Daddy' he asked,'do you think my tail will ever grow again?"

Boys and girls, what do you think?  Did Herman's tail ever grow again? Do you think he learned his lesson? Do you think he will wear a whistle now with Freddi and Harry to warn others about the dangers in the green meadows?

The Big Black Cat

Early in the morning when  everyone had left the house, the last one out was the BIG BLACK CAT. Slowly he made his way down into the meadow where he waited for the field mice to come out to play. Now, down in the meadow lived a happy little family of field mice. Freddie was the oldest, Harry his brother and little Harriet, the younger sister.

One morning when Freddie and Harry were still sleeping, little Harriet woke up, dressed herself and went out into the back yard to swing.  She was never allow to go outside alone without her brothers to protect her.  But, this morning she just wanted to do what she wanted to do. When the BIG BLACK CAT  saw her on the swing all alone,  s-l-o-w-l-y he moved through the tall meadow grass without her knowing it, he pounced on her and caught her in his teeth.  Little Harriet began to scream. "Help, help Help!  Her cry woke up the boys sleeping. " Harriet is in trouble'. explained Freddie.  ' It is THE BIG BLACK CAT.  He has captured our sister and carried her off to his cage."  The boys knew immediately what they had to do.  "We will make a trap,"said Freddie.  The two boys went to the garage, found two shovels and started digging a BIG, BIG hole.  When they finished, they covered the hole with branches for a disguise.  "I know' said Harry, ' we can dance around the hole and let the BIG BLACK CAT see us, make him hungry and he will want to eat us too!"  So the two brothers finished the trap and started to dance around the hole, singing songs.  "Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day, everything is going my way"

The BIG BLACK CAT saw the two little mice dancing and thought to himself, 'Can you believe this day?  Another delicious meal coming up!."  So, s-l-o-w-l-y THE BIG BLACK CAT moved through the tall meadow grass.  The mice kept singing, just waiting for their big catch.  Without warning the BIG BLACK CAT jumped out from the tall  grass and landed right on the branches. Down, down, down fell the BIG BLACK CAT into the big hole.  He was mad, really, really mad. The BIG BLACK CAT cried out "Meow,meow, let me out, let me out" The little brothers were so excited.  They danced even harder, singing "WE GOT BIG BLACK CAT, WE GOT THE BIG BLACK CAT."

While the BIG BLACK CAT was trying to get out of an impossible situation, the two little mice ran up the backyard to rescue their little sister Harriet from the cage. Harriet quickly jumped onto Freddie's back and together they ran as fast as he could back to their meadow home. Freddie was very upset with Harriet and told her to go to her bedroom and wait for her mother to talk with her.  Harriet obeyed .  She knew that she was in BIG trouble. Mommy made her stay in her room for the rest of the day until daddy came home from working at the cheese factory.  Then, they both agreed that Harriet would have to go to bed without any dinner or stories before bedtime that night.  How sad it was for Harriet, but she had to learn to obey.

Later that same afternoon, when Bobby came home from school, he was looking for the BIG BLACK CAT, but he couldn't found him anywhere. Then he heard him crying "Meow, meow, let we out, let me out!" At first Bobby didn't actually know where he was. He went out into the backyard and then he heard, "Meow, Meow, let me out, let me out." The BIG BLACK CAT was trapped in a deep hole.  Bobby lifted the BIG BLACK CAT out of the trap.  Holding him firmly in his arms, Bobby scolded the BIG BLACK CAT. "You got just what you deserved.  I have told you a hundred times not to bother the little field mice. You have your cat food. Now you go into the house and stay there."

But, do you think the BIG BLACK CAT ever learned his lesson?  Early the next morning after everyone had left the house, the last one out was the BIG BLACK CAT. Where do you think he headed?  You are right. He headed right down for the meadow where he sat, waiting for the field mice to come out and play.
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